# Colonel Easby — Memoirs of an Infantry Officer character guide

> Colonel Easby in Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Colonel Easby, The Colonel

**First appearance:** 0000-i-at-the-army-school

## Who they are

A colonel, mentioned in a specific incident.

## Relationships

### [Major-General Whincop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/major_general_whincop)

_professional_

Colonel Easby and Major-General Whincop interact as senior officers, with Easby likely subordinate to Whincop in military hierarchy.

### [Officers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/officers)

_professional_

Colonel Easby interacts with officers in a command and supervisory capacity.

### [David Cromlech](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/david_cromlech)

_professional_

Colonel Easby and David Cromlech have a professional relationship, with Easby as a senior officer and Cromlech as a subordinate.

### [David Cromlech](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/david_cromlech)

_professional_

Colonel Easby and David Cromlech have a professional relationship, with Easby as a senior officer and Cromlech as a subordinate.

### [Major-General Whincop](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/major_general_whincop)

_professional_

Colonel Easby and Major-General Whincop interact as senior officers, with Easby likely subordinate to Whincop in military hierarchy.

### [Officers](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/characters/officers)

_professional_

Colonel Easby interacts with officers in a command and supervisory capacity.

## In the story

### [At the Depot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/vi-at-the-depot)

Sits at the top table in the mess among the easygoing Majors, later going to the anteroom for his game of Bridge.

### [VII: Rouen in February](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/vii-rouen-in-february)

A bulky, grey-haired Colonel at the Hôtel de la Poste who disapproves of the infantry subalterns.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/ii)

A bulky grey-haired Colonel at the Hôtel de la Poste, disapproving of the infantry subalterns.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/i)

New commanding officer, described as indulgent and conciliatory, but lacking aggressiveness.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/ii)

Deals with the Corps Commander's criticism about marching intervals.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/v)

At Battalion Headquarters, offers congratulations to the narrator on his 'dashing display' before he departs.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/iii)

Commanding officer at Clitherland, unaware of Sherston's protest plans.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/v)

Recipient of Sherston's formal letter of protest, enclosing his statement of defiance.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/memoirs_of_an_infantry_officer_se/chapters/vii)

Presides over the Medical Board and later visits Sherston in Liverpool, attempting to persuade him to abandon his protest.

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